From going for a run to doing the dishes, motivating ourselves to take care of chores can be a struggle. But it could be as simple as watching our own brain activity. Researchers have used scanners to ...

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Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep a streaker from their self-appointed activity. janiecbros/E+ via Getty Images One user’s Wordle streak of more than a month’s worth of wins.

There is hope for the unmotivated in physical activity. New large research has identified the characteristics of physical activity programs that best increase motivation for physical activity. The ...

Motivation to learn new things and engage with life declines with age due to falling activity in a brain circuit that weighs costs and benefits, a study on mice suggested. US experts have been ...

African American men are less likely than White men to meet physical activity recommendations, and few physical activity interventions have focused on the unique needs of African American men. Because ...

Researchers said some users experience shame, disappointment, frustration and futility when using fitness apps, undermining ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In several areas of the macaque brain, neurons fire during delayed-response tasks at a rate determined by the value of the reward expected at ...